Buffy the Vampire Slayer || 7x06 || Discussion
Added 2022-11-23 21:59:02 +0000 UTC7x06: "Him"
Next: Angel 4x06 on Sat 11/26 (possibly Sunday, sorry again about the uncertainty, been a very very busy month)
Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating tomorrow!
What an episode to watch with the whole family!.... ๐ฌ GEEZ, lmaooo this was QUITE the episode, and idek where to begin lol.
It was a fun time and very hilarious at times, so I will give it that haha. Definitely a fun one, so I hope yall enjoy :D
Comments
Bewildered, you expressed my exact thoughts so well. Especially the lack of follow through on Buffy's trauma processing; "it only exists when they want it to." Magic roofies are such a low point on the spectrum of options for yanking the audience's heart strings/suspense devices, that one must wonder about the creator's issues. The rocket launcher scene is also one of my favorites, but I have to go back to notice Spike turning the Angels!
Esther Boogie
2023-01-24 05:40:16 +0000 UTCI know this is not a lot of people's favorite episode, but for some reason the comedy in it just KILLS me. One of my number one rewatchable episodes, that scene with Buffy and Spike with the rocket launcher ๐๐๐ the split screen of Buffy and Willow and Anya ๐ after a lot of heavy stuff I just whole heartedly enjoy this one.
Tessa Grissom
2022-12-13 22:14:08 +0000 UTCThe "magicked into sexual activity" could slide by if it had just been the "makes everyone attracted to him" or "makes him more attractive" as we do things that make us more attractive for sexual partners without it being "tricked", EXCEPT for the fact that it removes all reason and rationality, taking away much free will. It goes beyond the extremes that someone would go to for someone they were Extremely attracted to or in love with and into what they would not do no matter how attracted they were in other circumstances. Buffy being the perfect example. That at being made to be attracted to him, would at least not act on that, and push it aside, and not actually go out of her way to have sex with him (or try to if Xander didn't walk in) and even betray her sister. So that's where it takes away free will or choice.
Loves Bitca
2022-12-05 00:11:15 +0000 UTCI really dislike this episode. I can kind of see what they were going for, and if this episode had aired in season 3, or even season 5, it might have still been funny. The problem is that since then we've been through season 6. Magical consent violations stopped being funny when we had Willow wiping Tara's mind then having sex with her, Katrina mind-controlled by the Trio, and of course the stark horror of the entirely unmagical bathroom scene in Seeing Red. The consent genie is out of the bottle, and trying to go back to when it was funny for Buffy and other women to be sexually aggressive under magical influence just doesn't work for me. Seeing her half-dressed on top of RJ and knowing she is a recent sexual assault victim shown *earlier in the very same episode* to still be feeling trauma (when she flinches away from Spike in Xander's house) is really revolting to me. Buffy's trauma seems to only exist when they want it to, and I am continually frustrated by the lack of follow-through on the choice they made in s6. And while it's not RJ's fault that the jacket was getting him laid, there's something really gross about tracking that letter jacket back in time and thinking about how many girls it magicked into sexual activity. It was worn for years by RJ's brother. It was worn by their father. It's just layers and layers of gross. There are a lot of funny, fun moments in the episode. I love the rocket launcher scene. I love Spike at RJ's brother's house turning all the angels on the shelf around to look away. There are a lot of cute moments when taken individually, some great dialogue, and a lot of great acting, but I just can't personally get past the hey-actually-magical-roofying-is-hilarious-again attitude.
bewildered
2022-11-30 21:41:26 +0000 UTCThat got me thinking. Back in season two, and in Lover's Walk in season three, was Spike driving without a license?
Ron Fehr
2022-11-27 04:10:15 +0000 UTCIn this episode. She drove to the school with a rocket launcher
Calvin Allen
2022-11-27 04:00:07 +0000 UTCWhen did Buffy drive? I only remember Xander driving
SpikesEcho
2022-11-27 03:52:40 +0000 UTCShe must have somehow, offscreen of course, gotten her driver's license.
Ron Fehr
2022-11-26 19:08:05 +0000 UTCI love the episode (Anya especially was hilarious) but I was too distracted seeing a ridiculously young Riki Lindhome onscreen. I mean I know she does a lot of acting but I expected her to burst into song at any moment.
Ross Nolan
2022-11-26 11:48:42 +0000 UTCA) Buffy driving! B) was that Joyce's car?
Calvin Allen
2022-11-26 10:44:58 +0000 UTCMaybe not so much with the RJ stuff, but I do think this is another episode where the disparity between age the actors and their characters affects the connotation of the story. Here, Buffy, Xander and Willow are only 21, maybe 22 for Xander or Willow, but not Buffy. So a the very least, it shouldn't seem that out of the ordinary for them to be clubbing it up yet. But with Nicky being 31, Alyson 28, Emma 29 and Sarah 25 by this point in the series, they stand out more in contrast, than if they looked like they did in season 1 or 2, when they'd have been closer to their season 7 ages.
Stargazer1682
2022-11-26 02:22:37 +0000 UTCWyatt Yep. Hall&Oates was definitely not a comedy troop. The singing duo of Darryl Hall and John Oates.
Ron Fehr
2022-11-25 17:56:30 +0000 UTCI think you mean Garfunkel and Oates
Wyatt
2022-11-25 17:04:16 +0000 UTCI couldn't make it thru the first ep of Wednesday ๐ญ But props to the actor playing Wednesday, she was nailing it
SpikesEcho
2022-11-25 02:39:27 +0000 UTCIs she on that as well? she from comedy troop hall and Oates and she was Sheldons unrequited admirer in Big Bang theory this season has a lot of soon to be famous people in it, one Iโm excited for ally to see
Steven morgan
2022-11-25 01:03:11 +0000 UTCOne of the funniest episodes and a nice callback to BB&B from Season 2. The scene outside Principle Wood's office with Buffy and Spike is hilarious lmao.
ahmad
2022-11-25 00:49:07 +0000 UTCThe cheerleader with an injury I just saw acting on Netflixโs โWednesdayโ
Jessie
2022-11-24 19:40:10 +0000 UTCI like how Xander had the curse figured out, although he didn't know it at the time. Earlier in the episode, he just off-handedly made mention about the coat making guys popular. (And that you couldn't just stitch a letter onto a shirt, not that he ever tried it)
Ron Fehr
2022-11-24 17:12:05 +0000 UTCWoof one of the hardest episodes for me to sit through. Thank you for making it better.
kenneth
2022-11-24 14:43:09 +0000 UTCTwo very important life lessons: 1. Stop the insanity, move out of the basement. 2. Beware of Jocks.
Shaun Houghton
2022-11-24 11:24:19 +0000 UTC* The sheer amount of second-hand embarrassment for Dawn after 20 years! * I just kinda wait til the jacket effects Willow and Anya. Love it from that point to the end. * Have Willow, Anya, and Buffy done a comedy bit before? * The four square layout was very popular in the โ70s so it felt like a nostalgic callback. * Anya and Willow as housemates, didnโt see that coming. * No de-powering spell. Just mug the kid and run like hell? Sheer perfection. * Both Xander and Willow checking out the same girl. * Yes, Dawn - it will get worse, for a while as you learn. But give yourself a break. Basically youโre about 2 years old.
Rio de Tanana
2022-11-24 10:47:19 +0000 UTCPercy Faith - Theme From A Summer Place It's on YouTube and it's a wonderful song (Movie was OK, if dated now).
Richard Ashton
2022-11-24 10:08:05 +0000 UTC
